KBC Group NV (KBCSY) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

2025-05-15 15:29:04 ET

KBC Group NV (KBCSY)

Q1 2025 Results Conference Call

May 15, 2025 01:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Kurt De Baenst - Head, Investor Relations

Johan Thijs - Chief Executive Officer

Bartel Puelinckx - Group Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Benoit Petrarque - Kepler Cheuvreux

Sharath Kumar - Deutsche Bank

Giulia Miotto - Morgan Stanley

Kiri Vijayarajah - HSBC

Farquhar Murray - Autonomous

Tarik El Mejjad - BofA

Johan Ekblom - UBS

Anke Reingen - RBC

Flora Bocahut - Barclays

Amit Ranjan - JPMorgan

Presentation

Operator

Hello, and welcome to the KBC Group Earnings Release First Quarter 2025 Conference Call. On today's call, we have Mr. Johan Thijs, CEO; Bartel Puelinckx, CFO; and Kurt De Baenst, Head of Investor Relations. Please note, this call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]

I will now hand you over to your host, Mr. Kurt De Baenst, Head of Investor, to begin today's conference. Thank you.

Kurt De Baenst

Thank you, operator. Also a very good morning to all of you from the headquarters of KBC in Brussels, and welcome to the KBC conference call. Today is Thursday, May 15, 2025, and we are hosting the conference call on the first quarter results of KBC, the updated dividend and capital deployment policy as well as the acquisition of 365.bank in Slovakia. As usual, we have Johan Thijs, Group CEO, with us; as well as our Group CFO, Bartel Puelinckx, and they will both elaborate on the results and add some additional insights. As such, it's my pleasure to give the floor to our CEO, Johan Thijs, who will quickly run you through the presentation....

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